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Jun 22, 2022
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Washington, D.C. (June 22, 2022) – TOMORROW, on Thursday, June 23, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. ET, the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, chaired by Rep. James E. Clyburn, will hold a hybrid hearing with former Trump White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx regarding the federal government’s pandemic response.
Jun 21, 2022
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Washington, D.C. (June 21, 2022) – Today, the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, chaired by Rep. James E. Clyburn, released a staff report revealing new evidence of the far-reaching support for a dangerous and discredited herd immunity via mass infection strategy inside the Trump White House.
Jun 17, 2022
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Washington, D.C. (June 17, 2022) – Today, Rep. James E. Clyburn, Chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, issued the following statement on the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) emergency use authorization of a three-dose Pfizer vaccine for children under 5 and a two-dose Moderna vaccine for children under 6.
Jun 17, 2022
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Washington, D.C. (June 17, 2022) – Today, Rep. James E. Clyburn, Chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, sent a letter to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis urging him to reverse his decision not to order coronavirus vaccines for young children in his state, as all other 49 states have done, or to provide a staff briefing by June 30 explaining the state’s rationale.
Jun 16, 2022
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Washington, D.C. (June 16, 2022) – On Thursday, June 23, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. ET, the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, chaired by Rep. James E. Clyburn, will hold a hybrid hearing with former Trump White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx regarding the federal government’s pandemic response.
Jun 14, 2022
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Washington, D.C. (June 14, 2022) – Below is Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Chairman James E. Clyburn’s opening statement, as delivered, for today’s hearing with federal officials on “Examining Federal Efforts to Prevent, Detect, and Prosecute Pandemic Relief Fraud to Safeguard Funds for All Eligible Americans.”
Jun 14, 2022
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Washington, D.C. (June 14, 2022) – Today, the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, chaired by Rep. James E. Clyburn, held a hearing with federal watchdogs involved in preventing, detecting, and prosecuting fraud in pandemic relief programs. The hearing highlighted how the Trump Administration left pandemic relief programs highly vulnerable to fraud early in their implementation.
Jun 14, 2022
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Washington, D.C. (June 14, 2022) – Today, in advance of a hearing on fraud in federal pandemic relief programs, the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, chaired by Rep. James E. Clyburn, released a new staff report on the Trump Administration’s mismanagement of the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program. The report demonstrates how the Trump Administration failed to implement basic safeguards to prevent fraud, even directing loan reviewers to approve applications with serious fraud alerts without taking any steps to ensure that the applications were legitimate.
Jun 13, 2022
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Washington, D.C. (June 13, 2022) – Tomorrow, June 14, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. ET, the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, chaired by Rep. James E. Clyburn, will hold a hybrid hearing on federal efforts to address fraud in pandemic relief programs. In advance of tomorrow’s hearing, the Select Subcommittee released a staff memorandum with new data obtained from the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Small Business Administration Office of Inspector General (SBA OIG), the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC), and the United States Secret Service (USSS).
Jun 6, 2022
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Washington, D.C. (June 6, 2022) – On Tuesday, June 14, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. ET, the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, chaired by Rep. James E. Clyburn, will hold a hybrid hearing on federal efforts to address fraud in pandemic relief programs to ensure wrongdoers are brought to justice, taxpayer dollars are returned, and all eligible Americans are able to obtain essential government support in future times of crisis